Yolo Journal, Issue 21 – Spring 2026

A luxury travel magazine curated by Yolanda Edwards, who has graced the top of magazine mastheads throughout her career, most recently at Condé Nast Traveler. This title is essential reading for any homme du monde.

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I’ve always gotten the best advice from people who travel a lot, and have great taste, not necessarily writers. I’ve also planned trips from seeing a photo of a place and falling in love with it. I decided to start Yolo Journal because I’m passionate about photography, travel, and collecting great ideas. I’m excited to have a platform where photographers can share images that otherwise might go unseen, and a collection of travel inspiration and ideas from different creative and curious people we admire.

Even though I’ve always worked in travel content, people always ask me for my personal advice— that doesn’t feel like a prescriptive city guide (created with search algorithms in mind, not how people really move through places), and speaks to the way most like to travel (connecting to the feelings/wants people experience when they aren’t on their home turf). Sometimes you want the charming coffee shop in the off the map neighbourhood that Google hasn’t reviewed yet. Sometimes you are looking for something beyond the the newest Michelin rec. and don’t want to spend hours combing through Instagram location tags to find out where the cool people actually go in the city you are visiting.  Yolo gathers and edits the best sources and their intel, and features it in a printed quarterly.

In this issue:

Our Spring 2026 issue unfolds in kaleidoscopic color. We begin in the hills of Yunnan, China—home to ancient kingdoms and living folklore; then travel to the lowland jungles and volcanic plateaus of Guatemala, alive with vibrant textile traditions; and onward to Northern Vietnam, where incense-making and indigenous craft endure in villages built above terraced rice paddies. In cities and towns, we see Casablanca through the lens of Magnum photographer Bruno Barbey, before wandering the candy-colored site of Yoro Park, Japan, the Neo-Baroque splendor of Budapest, and the blooming gardens of Giverny. Finally, we bring back our Cure section, devoted to wellness in incredible surroundings: the fairytale gardens of Sterrekopje near Cape Town, the mystical grounds of Como Shambhala in Bali, and the deep emerald heights of Machu Picchu.